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    Windows VS Linux (part 2) (lemmy.world)
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    [–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (6 children)

    When you make fun of something that really isn't an issue it just makes your side look worse. Windows has real problems, but installing shit ain't it.

    My dad can install anything on windows with clicks, he can't do shit with a terminal.

    I'm a power user and love GUIs. I'll use git desktop all day everyday, instead of typing shit in a command line. It's one button press vs typing paths and hoping you don't misspell shit.

    I don't really get the whole command line fetish, there are no extra points in life for doing things the harder way.

    [–] Prok@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

    The GUI app centers on most distros are quite usable without command line wizardry and reduces the risk of dodgey download sites

    [–] redditReallySucks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago

    Ah, yes. I also love it when I search for firefox on my new PC with Edge (without adblocker) and get sponsored malware in the results.

    I still use windows but I think installing software on Linux is way more convenient. Especially with the AUR.

    [–] thevoidzero@lemmy.world -4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

    A simple analogy is, would you rather have keyboard with a-z and symbols you can use to build words/sentences, or would you want a wordlist you can scroll and click, while expanding words in groups, and having to find non-frequent words with a lot of difficulty to make up sentences.

    Command line use is harder if you come from gui. But the main use case of command line are:

    • automation: anything you can do in a command line, can be copied in a script,
    • uniformity: every software now has almost the same format of use,
    • flexibility: gui almost always has less options than command line, and many times options are hidden within a lot of tabs and options.
    • Auto complete: whenever someone complains about terminal being hard to use and spelling mistakes I think about this. I think many people that come from GUI don't know about auto-completion on terminal. It's easy to see which options are available, easy to choose files, wildcards for multiple files, and all that
    • piping: command line allows you to chain one command with another. You have a command to list all your music files, chain that with a search command to search files within them. Now if you need to search in a python code, you use the same search command, just different command to read the file. You basically have lego blocks (old ones) that can be used to make anything.

    I can understand people being afraid of command line when they start, but I think many people come with biases and don't use good terminal and other tools to make things easier.

    [–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip -1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    Yay -S app is hard? Or apt install app? Or flatpak?

    Being used to a habit doesnt make the habit the default way. Humans adapt quickly.

    [–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    All of that is harder than a double click, yes.

    [–] Petter1@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

    There are not msny apps installed in windows using only a single double click…

    [–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    Ok i double clicked on my desktop, nothing happened. Can you elaborate?

    [–] madcaesar@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    You'll figure it out. You seem very bright.

    [–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip -2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    You don't

    [–] Mammothmothman@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

    Pot calling kettle black.

    [–] madcaesar@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    You are as clever as you are wise.

    [–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

    You can double click on pamac and synaptic too. You just seem slow. Double click on App images too. You just giving yourselves a title of " power user" doesn't make you one.

    [–] durfenstein@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    apt install funbox funbox not found apt install fun-box fun-box not found apt install openfunbox openfunbox not found Google openfunbox "use apt install open-funboxxx"

    [–] Petter1@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

    That is way yay is superior 🤓

    [–] x00z@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago

    Check the name of this community again.

    [–] bradd@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago

    Power users are just regular users with an ego.

    GUI is like fast food, sure you can eat it and enjoy it, and you will live to see another day, but it's inferior in every way to everything else. The real problem is that people start acting like fast food is the default food and start looking at people who eat raw or cook their own food or pay for food at a restaurant as being full of themselves.

    There are countless real advantages to CLI over GUI, but allowing people to use their computer effectively by fumbling around isn't one of them.